Background: Every year almost 50-100 million dengue cases are reported from countries at risk. Since 1994 dengue fever is endemic in Pakistan. To prevent dengue fever, effective management of larval habitats of ades mosquitos must be in place. This study was conducted to identify and evaluate common potential breeding sites for ades mosquito.Methods and materials: A descriptive study was conducted in the month of August and September 2019. The data of indoor and outdoor vector surveillance of the year 2018 was collected from the dengue control cell located at district health office swat. Analysis of the secondary data was done after permission of district health officer and focal person for dengue control district swat. Container index (CI), house index (HI) and Breteau index (BI) were calculated using WHO standard formulae.Results: Container index (CI) was 0.069, house index (HI) was 0.47 and Breteau index (BI) was 0.06. Positive breeding site found during outdoor surveillance were stagnant water (n = 169, 33%), water tanks (n = 93, 18%), used tires (n = 87,17%), water drums (n = 67, 13%), garbage utensils (n = 46, 9%), Other potential breeding sites were flower pots (n = 7, 4.4%) and leaking water tap (n = 7, 1.3% and n = 4, 0.8%.The common potential breeding site found during indoor surveillance were drums (n = 414, 45%), water tanks (n = 178, 19%), flower pots (n = 124, 13.5%), garbage utensil (n = 121 (13.2%), leaking water tap (n = 41, 4.4%), used tires (n = 23, 2.5%), stagnant water (n = 10, 1%) and water plats for birds (n = 4, 0.4%).
Conclusion:As almost all the potential breeding sites found positive in this study can be easily managed without any cost through simple interventions. Therefore, mass awareness and education sessions regarding these interventions is recommended.
